After being pushed back on the Otzma Yehudit list and deciding to withdraw from the race for the 26th Knesset, Zvi Fogel wrote on X that "the decision to part ways was not due to setting conditions for a ministerial position." According to him: "The party chairman made it clear to me that the statesmanlike path I chose to operate in does not align with the way he sees the composition of the next list." Fogel, who served as chairman of the National Security Committee in the last term, added: "I am completely at peace with the way I operated as a Knesset member, as chairman of the National Security Committee and as chairman of the Otzma Yehudit faction."